It would be a federal misdemeanor, not just "dishonest" which is why the analogy sucks. Going to compare yourself to a veteran to make a point about developers is pretty low.
Not quite. Stolen valor can only be charged when it's provable that the person in question benefited in some way, usually financially, from the lie.
Don't get me wrong, it's a dickish and incredibly disrespectful thing to do, but it isn't illegal in and of itself.
Edit: IANAL, but I've read a good bit about this particular subject.
I'm saying that you can't call yourself whatever you want in all cases. I use an extreme example to illustrate that it's not so clear cut. Giving yourself titles doesn't only apply to developers and it's not so clear cut why we can only be so laissez faire in software but not in other certain fields.
And you using a legally protected status to talk about developers is not relevant and a poor analogy but ok. You using veterans is low.
You're just trying to start a witch hunt. Not so far from pointing at me and shouting "racist" for no reason. Doing that is not just low it's vile.
And then when confronted on it, you're now accusing me of "Starting a witch hunt" when in fact I just called out your actions directly. I never called you racist - you're bringing up nonsense to pretend you're virtuous when you're not.
And I'm ok with being called vile by someone with obviously incredibly poor judgement.
First off you're a liar. The legislation only extends to people who used it for profit so you can legally call yourself a veteran. You lied to my face or you don't know what you're talking about. Pick one.
Second when does using veterans as an example make me low? It doesn't I just used it as an example to show how it's WRONG. get it? Probably not, people like you are incapable of knowing the difference.
You're twisting it. I never said you called me racist but what you're doing is similar. You're calling out something as insensitive when it is in no way insensitive. I could have use doctor but I chose not to because veterans were the first thing that came to my mind as wrong to impersonate. They have a term for people like you who go around starting wars for infractions that aren't even infractions: Social Justice Warriors. Get off your high horse.
>And I'm ok with being called vile by someone with obviously incredibly poor judgement.
It is vile. You're accusing me of something evil and wrong. People who don't take the time to read into what's truly going on end up burning the witch in a witch hunt. Your words are deceptive and have the possibility of stringing along a mob in this manner.
I think you need help with differentiating. I know some good therapists that can help you and can send you some recommendations.
Also it's pretty low of you to ask me to use doctors in place of veterans, doctors save more lives than veterans. Veterans usually have actually killed and slaughtered people including many people of my race and members of my family (vietnam war). You should've told me to use something like lawyers. Your arrogance of telling me to use doctors is off the charts. I wouldn't call it vile, I would call it pure delusion, that or you truly are an evil person for placing people responsible for human slaughter above people who save lives. You honoring people who killed members of my family is not just vile, it's disgusting and morally reprehensible. I don't think you did it on purpose though.
Again you need help. Let me know if you need recommendations for therapy (not a joke).